After bidding farewell to Jiang Yushi for the time being, the three of them slowly walked along the corridor towards the second water pavilion in the lake. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Gao Ye looked sideways, and saw that Jiang Yushi was talking to two elegantly dressed people in the corridor on the other side, and looked at them frequently, so he asked Qi Mutian: "Mr. Qi, those two are probably also officials, right?" It's weird. ”

"This place is safe and hidden, and I think that these officials must have done something shady when they come here to meet." Hengyu also speculated.

Qi Mutian nodded. "Supervising the imperial history, although the grade is low, but the power is very great. Specializing in overseeing impeachment. I am afraid that the local officials will also have to respect him for three points. Actually came here. I think this person is either treacherous or greedy. The clear stream will make it convenient for them, no wonder the forces are like this. The third boss is a rough man, and the second boss has never heard of any big skills, I think that their big boss must be a shrewd man. You see, this clear stream will rise rapidly in the past few years, relying on this. But why didn't he show his face......"

As he was talking, Sun Yuan, the third master, walked up from behind and said respectfully: "The three distinguished guests have been waiting for a long time. Please follow me. ”

Passing through several water pavilions, I saw all kinds of characters gathered in the middle, some drinking and chatting and listening to music, some appreciating calligraphy and painting antiques, some whispering, and some talking loudly. Hengyu is not good at understanding people, and all the way through, he can't see the origin of these characters' net worth, but it has attracted everyone's attention. Qi Mutian deliberately lagged half a step behind, parallel to Gao Ye.

At this time, Liu Lihao, the second master who was sitting on the top of the northernmost water pavilion, suddenly looked at it and put down the wine glass in his hand. Several people next to the seat also stopped their glasses and looked sideways. Hengyu was still a few feet away when she saw those people looking at her directly, and regretted that she listened to Qi Mutian's words and deliberately dressed up outstandingly, although the goal was achieved, but it was really awkward. Don't think about it, it's already at the threshold. Sun Yuan introduced: "This is Liu Er's master. ”

Heng Yu also had a straight face, bowed slightly, and said: "The surname is Heng, the young master of the Hengjia Chamber of Commerce in Lintao Mansion." These two are the general manager and senior management of Qi University. ”

Seeing Liu Lihao's intent, Sun Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to him. Liu Lihao came back to his senses and immediately greeted with a smile: "Hurry up and watch the seat, serve good wine!" Miss please, please. ”

Liu Lihao is less than forty years old, with a slender body, his face is a little dark, he doesn't look as strong as the third master Sun Yuan, the skin of his hands is rough and the bones are prominent, he is also a practitioner, wearing a light and gentle robe, which looks very incongruous. There were several people sitting next to him, all of whom looked like martial artists, and their temperament seemed to be different from Liu Dangjia's, but Hengyu couldn't say why, he only felt that there were two people with obscene eyes, and kept looking her up and down, feeling angry in his heart, but at this time and now, he couldn't help himself, and he couldn't express it, so he could only continue to pretend to ignore it and sit down with a cold face.

Liu Lihao poured wine, toasted a glass, and said, "Miss came from afar, let the walls here shine." Liu first saluted Miss with a cup. ”

Hearing the four words of light on the wall, Hengyu was secretly funny, and most of Fang Cai's unhappiness disappeared suddenly, and he smiled: "I don't drink." Ask Mr. Qi to do it for you. ”

Qi Mutian immediately raised his glass, took a glass to Liu Er's family, and said, "Good wine." Second, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, so let's talk about it. I'm waiting here to make friends with you and do a business by the way. But what about ......" Qi Mutian said to the few people who were drinking with Liu Lihao: "Everyone here must be military masters." This Jianghu business, you are probably not interested. ”

The man sitting at the top of several people looked surprised and said, "How do you recognize our identity?" ”

Qi Mutian said with a smile: "I just saw a few good horses outside the door, all of them were saddle bridles, and I saw a few people with lofty spirits, and they looked like seven or eight commanders, so I dared to guess." ”

The man smiled and said, "Sir's eyes are really poisonous." Mr. is here, I don't know what kind of business to discuss? ”

Qi Mutian said: "Don't be suspicious, the military master has long stopped the business of killing people and goods, it is nothing more than bartering, exchanging the treasures of the north for the products produced here, and doing serious business." It's just that in front of this beautiful scenery and fine wine, it is too boring to talk about business alone. ”

Hengyu also secretly admired Qi Mutian's eloquence, only listened to him talk about everything, all over the world, and chatted with these officers for a long time, saying that they all laughed, and the wine was even more than a cup of wine, after more than half an hour, they were all drunk and smoky, and not long after, they were all overwhelmed by the strength of the wine, and got up to say goodbye.

As soon as these people left, Liu Lihao became more and more curious, and immediately asked, "Now we can talk about business." What exactly do you want to buy? ”

Qi Mutian also gave Hengyu a look, and Hengyu also understood, that is, "We have learned from our visit in recent years that your association has a monopoly on copper and iron mining along the Yangtze River. My family has recently built an arms workshop, and when it is completed, the goods will be no less than the divine machine battalion of the imperial court, regardless of style or workmanship. My family's own trade route is wide through Xifan, and the profit in the future is immeasurable. Your association has a wide range of mineral resources, and has the Yangtze River waterway, I don't know if you are willing to cooperate with my family? ”

Straight to the point, the two masters were really surprised, and then retreated left and right, and talked in detail until sunset.

Besides, at the moment, in the backyard of the governor's yamen, Gao Ye will tell Qiu Yin in detail about the beginning and end of his visit to the Qingliu Society. After talking about the details of the negotiation between the two masters of Tonghua Pavilion and Qingliuhui, Gao Ye said: "I really didn't expect that this trip would go smoothly, but when Mr. Qi went to visit their big boss, something went wrong. ”

Qiu Yinming was secretly surprised that so many local officials had mutually beneficial to the underworld forces. Before leaving Beijing, he had learned about the resume of Huguang's several superintendents, remembering that this Jiang Yushi's name was Jiang Meichen, and he was given the same Jinshi background in the same year, and later received the blessing of the General Administration, and last year he was sent to supervise the imperial history of Huguang Dao. As Qi Mutian said, the Qingliu Society was able to provide the court officials with the convenience of corrupting the law, which was not trivial. At this time, I heard Gao Ye continue: "No one expected that the big boss of the Qingliu Society turned out to be the big leader who single-handedly planned the rebellion of the Xihai Alliance a few years ago, Zhang Tianyi. ”

Qiu Yinming asked, "Mr. Qi has fallen into a trap?" ”

Gao Ye nodded. "The second and third leaders should not know these antecedents. In the Tonghua Pavilion, we almost negotiated with them. The next day, the Qingliu Society sent someone to say that the big boss asked Mr. Qi to go to the head of the Qingliu Society in three days. Actually, we thought it was a little strange at the time. On the same day, they had already known in the Tonghua Pavilion that the senior sister was the young master, why did the big boss only invite Mr. Qi. So, Mr. Qi discussed with us, and on the day of the appointment, my sister and I followed far behind in a small boat. Just in case. ”

"Where is the helm of the Clear Stream Society?"

Gao Ye said: "Get on the boat from a small wharf not far from Tonghua Pavilion, and go to Changhu North for more than ten miles, and there is a big manor in a bay. Extremely hidden. My senior sister and I brought all the blades, and together with Uncle Zhao, we hired a small boat to go. Mr. Qi brought a dozen followers in, and we hid in the bushes not far from the manor, and went to answer the signal as soon as there was a signal. Gao Ye shook his head and sighed lightly and continued: "As a result, it didn't take long to see several arrows shot out of the manor. We rushed in. But it's still a step too late. That Tianyi made people drug their muscles and bones in the tea, and all of Mr.'s entourage were killed, and Xiao Wu was also in it. ”

Qiu Yinming frowned and said, "What about later?" There was also a sigh in his heart, Song Xiaowu was still young, smart and clever, but he died so young.

Gao Ye said: "Mr. Qi's skills are relatively profound, so the effect of the medicine is late, and he can still resist for a while, when we entered, we saw that Mr. was seriously injured and was confronting Zhang Tianyi." We rescued the gentleman and quickly retreated. Later, the gentleman told us that it turned out that after entering the helm manor, the big boss did not show up immediately, but the second boss came to serve tea first. On the surface, nothing has changed, and they have fallen into their way. ”

"How's the injury, sir?"

"Fortunately, most of them were traumatic injuries and did not endanger lives. This time, I finally found out the details of the Qingliu Society, and let me tell you, sir, if you want to thoroughly investigate the evidence of collusion between the government and the underworld, you must be careful everywhere. ”

Qi Mutian took such good care of himself, Qiu Yinming was a little reluctant, nodded and said, "Mr. Meiyi, I deserve it." ”

Then he asked about the background of the rebel leader Zhang Tianyi. It turned out that Zhang Tianyi was born in a well-off merchant family in Gansu, and his family was engaged in the tea and horse trade. When he was a teenager, he followed his uncle to do business, was robbed by horse thieves, and was saved by an old leader of the Xihai League. When the old leader died, it happened that the Xihai League went to the Central Plains to participate in the martial arts conference, and something happened and people were panicked. Zhang Tianyi immediately took the opportunity to take refuge in Hengjing Zhao and Qi Mutian, killed the competitors in the team, and took over the old man's class. Because he was good at management, Heng Jingzhao put him in charge of the foreign trade routes.

However, as time went by, Zhang Tianyi gradually discovered that he had not entered the core of the Xihai Alliance, and the real source of interests was still dominated by the assassination forces in charge of Hengjing Zhao and Qi Mutian. He was unhappy in his heart, gathered manpower privately, and kept an eye on the movements of the headquarters, and learned that Qi Mutian wanted to wash his hands in a golden basin, and the Xuandu masters cultivated by the alliance leader had not yet been fully fledged, so he secretly planned to break away from the control of the Xihai Alliance and go to the Central Plains to set up his own door. He secretly gathered the leaders who were dissatisfied with the alliance leader, seized the opportunity of the death of the old alliance leader Mu Rong, kidnapped Heng Zining and her mother as hostages, and incited other small leaders to rob the headquarters of the property. But while sorting out his property, he watched and watched. When he learned that Xuandu had sent people to quell the rebellion, he estimated that the situation could not be victorious, so he immediately packed up and absconded in the Central Plains. Only now did he know that he occupied the Qingliuhui, a small third-rate gang at that time, in Jingzhou, and then used the wealth brought from the Xihai League to make friends with the bureaucrats, reorganize the gang, and recruit people. Three years have passed, and it is a family of its own.

Gao Ye said: "I didn't know these things originally, but now I understand. It's a pity that he patronized the rescue that day and didn't continue the pursuit, so he escaped. The gentleman said that this man was extraordinary, and if he did not get rid of him, he would have endless troubles. I regret it. ”

Qiu Yinming thought to himself, when Qi Mutian was chatting with Jiang Yushi in Tonghua Pavilion, he moved him out to deter Jiang Yushi, although it was a witty word, but if these words reached Zhang Tianyi's ears and he was used as a trick from it, wouldn't it be very dangerous for him. It seems that when you go to Jingzhou, you have to pay attention everywhere.

"That's right, sir." Gao Ye said again: "There is another important news. The alliance leader and his party arrived at Chunlin Villa, and there was a challenge, they were not our opponents originally, but the old sect master suddenly came. The martial arts were superb, and Yang Zheng, the personal guard of the alliance leader, was captured. ”

Qiu Yinming remembered that Gao Ye had just said that Yang Zheng was Gao Ye's fourth senior brother. This old sect master is indeed worthy of his name.

"But our people have captured Zhu Zhengyu, the owner of Chunlin Villa."

"Oh?" Qiu Yinming perked up and asked, "What kind of character is this Xiaochun Shenjun?" ”

"Hey," Gao Ye smiled and said, "My lord, this is even more unexpected. The leader of the alliance arrested him and returned to Jingzhou, and when he searched his body, he found a piece of dragon jade pendant, which was by no means a folk thing, and his surname was Zhu, and he was probably a child of the clan. ”

Qiu Yinming was silent. What Fang just heard was already sensational, and this news was even more surprising, if it was true, it was too big for him to be a governor who could manage. At this time, Butler Chai came to deliver snacks.

Chai Ban entered the door, brought two small plates of roasted plum and two bowls of rice wine to the table, and said, "My lord, there seems to be something big going on outside." I just went out to see it, and I heard from the people who beat the watch that the whole city is under martial law. I don't know what's going on. ”

The yamen was secluded and there was no sound. Qiu Yinming thought for a while and said, "Don't care about it for now, it's so late, let's inquire tomorrow." ”

After the second watch, Qiu Yinming asked Steward Chai to arrange a guest room and let Gao stay overnight in the governor's yamen.